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I think there is evidence for halos in the Bible, but
not as envisioned by most artists. Revelation 10:1
describes an angel clothed in clouds and a “rainbow” over
his head.The angels that visited Ezekiel had what
he described as “…something like an expanse,
like the awesome gleam of crystal, extended over
their heads.” Ezekiel 1:22 (NAS) That could
very possibly be describing a glass-like helmet,
something worn by many of our modern-day visitors.

One artist's depiction
of Ezekiel's four-faced angel Illustration reveals just how literal some interpretations are and influenced by the artist's prejudices and knowledge.

The
winged Egyptian goddess Isis predates Christianity
by over one thousands years. Note sphere over her
head which is a representation of the sun god, as
opposed to the Son of God.

Goddess
Isis with sphere suspended over her head,
Isis is usually winged. The winged, haloed goddess
is the precursor of the modern prevalent winged female
angel, which has little to do with the Bible's account.

The Clock Tower,
part of the Grand Mosque compound in Mecca, Saudi
Arabia, desti-nation to sojourners called hajji
during the annual 'Month of The Hajj' ceremony.
The trek is required of every able-bodied adult
Muslim at least once in their lifetime.

The massive golden decora- tion atop the Clock
Tower in Mecca represents the new moon of Islam,
as well as the horns of fertility.

Replica of the golden calf idol worshipped by
the ancient Egyptians. Note the headdress ornament
matches that of Goddess Isis representing fertility.

Roman deptiction of
neptune

Halos
In Early ChristianArt first
appeared in the fourth century and artists were likely
enfluenced by the “nimbus” or “aureole” of
the Greeks (see god Neptune above) which predates
Christianity by several centuries.

Christ as the sun-god
Helios or Sol Invictus riding in his chariot. Dated
to the 3rd century AD.- under St. Peter's Basilica,
on the ceiling of the tomb of the Julii (Pope Julius
I) circa 352 AD

The
earliest halos represented in Christian art
looked much more like glass helmets as the Early
Byzantine mosaic (above) illustrates.

Duccio di Buoninsegna circa 1308-1311

By
the Renaissance period, halos were not reserved
just for deity and angels, but were applied to
the apostles (above) and Mary and other biblical
characters and eventually church officials and
notable good citizens.

Mainardi Sebastiano • Madonna & child
with infant St.John (1466-1513)

High-Renaissance to
modern times- Halos eventually evolved to simple
ovals or flat discs over the heads of deity, angels
and clergy.

Apse mosaic-
St. Catherine's Monastery at the base of the
traditional Mount Sinai

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UFOs /
HFOs Over the Temple Mount & Dome of the
Rock in Jerusalem, Israel
on January 28th, 2011

Editor's Comments

Another
amazing event heralding Christ’s return
occurred the very same day that the Arab Uprising
in Egypt grew violent and gave notice to the
world of perilous times to come. To underscore
God’s concern, the Lord sent a special
sign to the very Temple Mount to which both
Arab and Jew lay claim. The president wrongly
called these series of uprisings the “Arab
Spring” and “democracy at work”,
but hard-liner extremists of the Muslim Brotherhood
are now taking control and are anything but
democratic. This UFO / HFO was filmed from
at least three different perspectives by American
and Israeli witnesses and videos were posted
on You Tube the next morning. One video shows
an entire formation of very faint pinkish spheres
directly over the Jerusalem site which stayed
for over ten minutes, but no mention was made
in the press. Israel has become a hotbed of
UFO activity in recent years. We can only guess
why.

Above -
I rotated the video freeze-frame slightly to
give a truer horizon line (dotted line) for
a clearer reference of the HFO’s position
when it produced a gigantic burst of light
and disappeared. It appears to be centered
just over a much smaller cupolla which protects
a smaller bedrock outcropping called the "Dome
of the Spirits" to
Christians and "Dome of the Tablets" to
Moslems. This is a very significant landmark
which I detail in the link on the left called
"Rebuilding
The Third Temple". I think it was
a clear sign from God and all the world took
notice, including all the major television
networks in America, but without making any
connection to the UFO over the Dome and the
current Arab-Muslim unrest throughout the Middle
East.

Filmed
from three different perspectives on
Mount Zion. First two are from the
same event from two cell phones of
the two witnesses. The other was from
a different group on an outing.

HFO over the Temple
Mount
Video #3 – 1:00 am January 28th,
2011

Filmed
by some American tourists on a late-night
tour of the Old City of Jerusalem. Shot
from a hotel window. Yes, even simple
Southerners see UFOs!

HFOs
Over The Temple Mount - Jerusalem

The
other two videos above show simultaneous
recordings of the event from four different
perspectives. The event, broadcast on
news reports around the world and entitled "UFO
over the Dome of The Rock", has
mystified everyone. The UFO hovered over
the Al Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock
for a few moments before moving to a
very signifant, smaller dome, as I explain
below. It was highly symbollic. I see
it as just another confirmation of God's
"Watchers" taking notice of all
the events on this planet, including the "Arab
Spring", with its escalating violence,
that occurred that very day in Egypt. It
was His special sign to the world that we
are not alone.

Here is a description from one of the originators
of the videos I've featured above. He gives added
insight and makes some good points:

BEWARE THE COVER-UP
(and other fake debunkers...), and
please read this if you want to know
precisely what happened :

these are the 3 real footages caught
on january 28th 2011 over the Dome of
the Rock in Jerusalem, around 01:00 AM.
The first and second videos were caught
respectively by Eligael Gedalyovich and
a friend of him who you can see filming
with his phone just few meters ahead
of him on the first footage (just a note
for people who wonder why we can hear
the same thing on these two footages).

The third footage in order of appearance
was an obvious hoax, featuring american
ladies on some trip (commenting "we've
seen them in Mississipi like that..."),
released just after the two first footages
for obscure reasons, one being obviously
to discredit these sightings. And though
these two first footages were only released
since a couple of hours so shouldn't
have been a big threat yet...

The fourth one (which is the third in
this video because it does not feature
the hoax I was previously talking about)
has been caught by a guy (not sure about
his name yet) who was going out with
friends on that night. You can also find
the complete footage of their outting
here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D-_gWaxhlY

There had also been many reports on the
news, and many testimonies from eyewitnesses,
including one from an Israeli policeman.
Also note that the two groups of people
have nothing to do with each other (according
to J. Maussan investigations) and absolutely
no link with any acting school...

Do you see this triangle/pyramid
with red lights hovering above, and
dancing very strangely ? Could it
have dropped the sphere ? (it's not
very visible here, so check the original
footages if you want to see them clearlier,
because sadly I lost a considerable
amount of quality when I uploaded this)
and... is there a message in this apparition
?

I think
I've answered his last question (above),
even though I don't see why the 3rd sighting
is necessarily bogus. It does nothing
to discredit, rather it substantiates,
the validity of the sightings by the
others. Perhaps anti-American sentiments
seeping in? In fact, since the third
video was posted almost immediately after
the first two, it really validates its
authenticity.

I could see this surfacing over the
next few days in response to
the other three sightings, but instantly?
I think not, and the soundtrack is
very authentic sounding. It certainly
doesn't sound
"staged," does it?

Each camera recorded this object slightly
differently, too. If it were an orchestrated
hoax by some high school kids they
would more than likely all show the
same shape of light. But they don't.
One is a pulsating sphere, the closest
but brightest view. The long views
(#1 and #2) also show it as a shpere,
but the cell phone that had better
optics (#4) actually captured a classic
bulging oval shape. My unscientific
observation is that they all show the
object pulsing at the same rates. I'm
sure you could sync up those pulses
and prove if it was contrived or not.
Also the flash is very well defined
and illuminates the entire Temple Mount
neighborhood. That would be a difficult
feat unless you were an advanced expert
in Maya
– Hollywood's choice for special
effects generation. There are versions
with the action slowed down to one-tenth,
even 1/32nd and it is really convincing.

Lastly, the same event being recorded
by two witnesses. One filming the other
witness who is also filming the event
with his cell phone is highly unusual
and extremely difficult to fake. They
have identical soundtracks other than
their voices' proximity to their cell's
microphone, and visually nearly identical
views, which also makes me really believe
this one.

There are many skeptics out
there with their own conjecture on how
the videos were faked, but they focus
on only one aspect of one video with
their criticism, which I can't confirm
(nor deny, in fairness). Even local
Israeli news got in on the act by fabricating
their own debunking story with mysterious
recorded phone conversations with two
of the "supposed" individuals
involved in the postings (actually only
one witness, the other was someone he
knew). Hard to believe the news makers
any more. Let me explain. Why the sloppy
reporting? This was the most important
story of the year, if true. They are
a news department, for gosh sakes, with
plenty of cameras. Why didn't they grab
one and actually visit the alleged conspirators?
Remember, the news media is part of
the debunking machine that governments
worldwide have initiated, so I give
little credence to this one. If I get
unequivocal evidence of a hoax I will
post it immediately with a detailed
response. Until then, I believe.

The
angel that will lead the charge is the
archangel Michael, God’s “Twelve-star
General:”

DANIEL
12:1 And at that time shall
Michael stand up, the great prince
which standeth for the children of
thy people: and there
shall be a time of trouble, such as
never was since there was a nation
even to that same time: and at that time thy
people shall be delivered, every one
that shall be found written in the
book.

2 And many of them that sleep in
the dust of the earth shall awake,
some to everlasting life, and some
to shame and everlasting contempt.
[More evidence of a pre-Tribulation
Rapture of the church]

Note
that it doesn’t say “all
shall awake,” because He is only
speaking about those who died during
the Tribulation Period. That will include
some of the special 144,000 chosen to
be witnesses for Christ during the Tribulation
Period. (See Revelation, chapter 7).

3And they that be wise shall
shine as the brightness of the firmament;
and they that turn many to righteousness
as the stars for ever and ever.

[Underlines added for emphasis]

When
Christ returns, those who have died as
a witness for Him shall be resurrected
into eternal tachyon beings and rule
with Him a thousand years on Earth.

Now here’s the best part: those that turn many to Christ will shine
like stars. Could this mean that they’ll be given a commission as
royal commanders in God’s HFO Air Force? I like to think so!

MATTHEW 13:43 “Then
shall the righteous
shine forth as the sun in
the kingdom of their Father. Who
hath ears to hear, let him hear.”

[Underlines added for emphasis]

Are
there other descriptions in the Bible
that refer to God’s angels looking
like stars? Certainly. In fact,
when God’s angelic forces fought
the battles of men in the past they appeared
as “stars” in the heavens:

JUDGES
5:20 They fought from heaven;
the stars in their courses fought against
Sisera.

[Underlines added for emphasis]

Sisera
was a general in the army of king
Jabin of the ancient Canaanite region
called Hazor. He had over 600 iron chariots
in his army, an awesome force in those
days, and had held the Israelites in
subjection for 20 years. Sisera,
historians tell us, was probably intent
on conquering all of Palestine – including
Israel – when God intervened.

Just
what did the author mean when he said, “the
stars in their courses fought against
Sisera?”Another account
may more clearly answer that question:

This account is told to us by noted
historian Flavius Josephus. Josephus
was born in 37 A.D. and actually accompanied
the Roman legion prior to their destruction
of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. His accounts
come from firsthand knowledge, or from
individuals who witnessed these events.

Josephus
was an impeccable scholar trained by
his contemporaries as an ascetic and
Sadducee before becoming a loyal Pharisee
at the early age of 19. His writings
were pronounced “reliable and accurate” by
Vespasian and Titus, both who held the
highest rank in Roman politics.
Josephus, himself a Jew, tells in his
book, The
Jewish War, of a strange series
of events which lead up to the destruction
of Jerusalem.

Around
69 A.D. there had appeared
a large star over Jerusalem looking
'very much like a broadsword,'
or the shape of a cross.32-2 He
also mentions a comet, which would
indicate an object that trailed
sparkling light and transversed
the night sky. He said these objects
remained for over a year.32-3

I am reminded of a fairly recent sighting
near San Francisco in Petaluma, California.
On May 22, 1986, around 4:30 a.m., a
radio news director named Arlette Cohen
reported spotting an object while on
her way to work. The series of green-,
white- and orange-colored lights were
in the shape of a large cross. “At
first I thought it was an airplane, but
then it came overhead and I saw that
it wasn’t. It seemed almost
to stop over the highway,” she
said. Her report was verified by
several other witnesses including a California
Highway Patrol Officer.32-4

The
flying cross incident seen over
Jerusalem was followed by another
strange occurrence. Josephus
tells us,

“Then
before the revolt and the movement
to war, while the people were assembling
for the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
on the 8th day of Xanthicos at
3 a.m. so bright a light shone
round the Altar and the Sanctuary
that it might have been midday.
This lasted half an hour.”

Next,
the gigantic East Gate of the inner
court of the temple opened
mysteriously.

“…opened
of its own accord – a gate
made of bronze so solid that every
evening twenty strong men were
required to shut it; it was fastened
with iron-bound bars and secured
by bolts which were lowered a long
way into a threshold fashioned
from a single slab of stone. The
temple-guards ran with the news
to the Captain, who came up and
by a great effort managed to shut
it.” The opening of the gate
was perceived by the learned as “...a
portent of desolation.”32-5

A few
days later a “supernatural
apparition was seen, too amazing to be
believed,” according to Josephus.

“What
I have to relate would, I suppose,
have been dismissed as an invention,
had it not been vouched for by
eyewitnesses and followed by disasters
that bore out the signs. Before
sunset there were seen in the sky,
over the whole country, chariots
and regiments in arms speeding
through the clouds and encircling
the towns. Again, at the Feast
of Pentecost, when the priests
had gone into the inner court of
the Temple at night to perform
the usual ceremonies, they declared
that they were aware, first of
a violent movement and a loud crash,
then a voice as of a multitude
shouted:
‘Let us go
hence (away).’ ”32-6

And
so it was that God’s protective
angelic army was taken away from Israel
and her destruction by the Romans,
lead by Titus, happened shortly thereafter,
just as had been prophesied by Jesus
Christ thirty-seven years earlier.